Myself and Eye

graphic design, web-design, and fine art

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"spatial composition 7 - body study" - balsa wood bent into shape.

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"Joe" - charcoal (3/13/14)

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Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

Robert Burton

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"My health and I" - ballpoint pen (2/25/14)

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"Chapel of St. Ignatius" - graphite (November 12, 2013)

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Distortion, deformation, and abstraction practice with charcoal.

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Happiness is not the goal. It's just a feeling that comes and goes with life; consistent with any other emotion. Being is the goal. Knowing that positive and negative are just a part of being alive is the goal.

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"Just a tree" - December 2, 2013

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Playing around with some ideas for a larger scale sculpture. I started making of smaller proof of concept pieces before I go big.

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Worked on intuitive gesture and contour line drawing today in class using charcoal!!

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Some new typography practices

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Learning Typography in my new moleskin.

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"Chautauqua" - January 19, 2014 (chalk on construction paper)

I created this piece after having a vision of this face on my three day Ignatian Silent Retreat. After sunday mass and a Liturgy, I was washing my hands in my room and the image of this person's face came to mind.

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Learning Typography in my new moleskin.

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I've been having a hard time lately distinguishing the subtle differences between the terms 'authentic', 'original', and 'unique'.

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"Self-portraits" - January 13th, 2014